Beater



May 30, 19550` A. szERENYl 2,509,706

BEATER Filed Feb. 21, 1947 INVENTOFL..

A- SZERENY 4 ATTYS Patented May 30, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1Claim.

This invention relates to beaters, that is beaters of the varietycommonly referred to as egg beaters.

The invention may comprise various arrangements of links and leversdepending on whether the beater is intended for operation by one or twohands.

Various embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of an egg beater according to the inventiondesigned for operation by two hands.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional View of the egg beater shown inFigure l, the plane of section being at right angles to the plane ofFigure 1 showing details of the operating mechanism.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a specially designed stabilizer usedon an appropriate embodiment of the invention and shown in position inFigure l.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, an egg beater accordingto the invention includes a frame I adapted to support the variousmembers of the egg beater, one or two beaters II a crimped wheel orsegment I2, a depressible handle member I3, and a linkage I4 designed totranslate depressional motion of the handle member I3 into rotationalmotion of the wheel I2.

A sturdy handle I5 is rigidly secured to the frame I0 and thedepressible handle I3 is held directly on the end of the lever I6 whichis pivoted at I'I onto a stationary arm I8 which is rigidly secured tothe frame I0. An eccentrically mounted pin I9 engages in an elongatedslot 20 in the arm i6 and a shutter spring 2| secured at one end to theframe I0 and at the other to the pin I9 continually urges the crimpedhalf wheel I2 in a counter-clockwise direction. By holding the handle I5in one hand and depressing the handle I3 with the other hand, areciprocating rotatory motion may be imparted to the beating members. Anadded feature of the embodiment shown in Figure 5 is the addition of astabilizer 22 which is adapted to be secured to the bottom of the frameI0 to ensure a rm setting of the bottom of the beater against the bottomof the kitchen receptacle. An enlarged perspective view of thestabilizing member is shown in Figure 3 and the member itself consistsof a piece of sheet material formed with a trough at 23 which may becrimped around a portion of the frame I0 as at 24 in Figure 1. Thestabilizing member 22 is bent to provide seating legs 25 which providefor seating of the beater on a relatively broad base and tend to reducedanger of the beater slipping suddenly on the bottom of the receptacleand splashing the contents of the receptacle in an undesirable fashion.The em bodiment shown is extremely durable and it is possible to carryout a prolonged and continuous beating operation with it without beingsubject to the same degree of fatigue as is occasioned by the use of thenormal type of egg beater which requires the continuous rotation of acrank.

What I claim as my invention is:

An egg beater comprising a frame, at least one rotatable beater member,a half-wheel gear and pinion driving means for said beater member, astationary handle member secured to the top of said frame, a leverpivoted at one end to a projection of said frame, said lever having anelongated radial slot adapted to cooperate with an eccentrically mountedlug on the gear of said gear and pinion driving means, and a handleportion at the free end of said lever, whereby depression of said handleportion causes rotation of said gear by virtue of the engagement of saidlug in said slot, and spring means continually urging said lever to itsnormally uppermost position.

ANDREW SZERENYI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 627,977 Caldwell July 4, 1899649,683 Spanier May 15, 1900 1,255,993 Dunning Feb. 12, 1918 1,788,479Bell Jan. 12, 1931

